Bottle-wrapper



M. V'. KAGER. Bottle Wrapper.

No. 234,582. Patented Nov.. 16,1880.

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MARTIN V. KAOER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOTTLE-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,582, dated November 16, l1880. pplication filed September 6, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARTIN V. KAGER, of

St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Wrapper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a iull, clear, and exact description ot' the same.

The object ot' my invention is to provide an improved wrapper for glass bottles for the purpose of obviating the danger oi' breakage, and also for protecting the labels from abrasion or other injuryby reason of contact of the bottles with each other or with foreign objects while being' handled or shipped.

My invention is more particularly an improvement in that class otl bottle-wrappers which are constructed of paper or straw hoard, and provided with numerous indentations, forming a series ot' small conical projections or points on the inner side or surface of the wrappers. In practice these points soon become iiattencd or obliterated, because the portions which are punched and form the protruding points recede into the cavities ot' the indentations upon the application of slight pressure, whereby the indentations become a useless feature of the wrappers.

My improvement consists in providing a wrapper with numerous holes or pert'orations,

fhich being made with a blunt-pointed inl strument, the inner side of the wrapper has numerous torn iibrous projecting points, forming the irregular edges of the respective ales, and constituting a'soft cushion or consurface. These points are not forced ack into the holes nor completely flattened by the degree of pressure to which wrappers are ordinarily subjected, and hence the latter retain their elastic quality and protect the bottles more eft'ectually than those having in- 3Aentations. My wrapper is also provided notched edges which interlock, thus enthe wrapper to be easily applied to or removed from the bottle.

In accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a bottle and my improved wrapper applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a crosssection ot' a portion ot' the wrapper slightly thickened or enlarged.

The wrapper A is formed ot' thick paper or straw board, and will, in practice, have such size and proportions as required to adapt it for use on various kinds and forms ot' wine, beer, soda, and other bottles. It is provided with numerous holes, a, which are made by punching the board A with a bluntpointed instrument, (without cutting out or removing any portion of the material.) Thus there are formed numerous ragged iibrous edges and projecting' points on the inner side of the board, as shown in Fig. 2, and these constituteasoft cushion-like surface, that enables the board to afford an effectual protection to the bottles and labels thereof against breakage and abrasion hy contact of the bottles with each other and with foreign objects. The said ragged edges and points cannot be pushed back into the holes a by the pressure incident to use of the wrapper, and they hence form a cushion-surface as permanent or durable as the body of the wrapper itself'.

The side edges ofthe wrapper have notches forming catches b, which are adapted to interlock, as shown in Fig. l. Thus the wrapper may be easily and quickly applied to or detached from a bottle without injuring the face ot the label.

What I claim is- The improved bottle-wrapper formed of paper-board having numerous holes with ragged edges projecting on the inner side of the Wrapper, as and for the purpose specified.

MARTIN V. KAOER.

Vitnesses:

F. PAUL DEVORAK, W. VoIrA. 

